Registering-lock for valves.



G. E. BATEMAN.

REGISTERING LOCK FOR VALVES.

APPLICATiON man MAY 22, WW.

1,228,518. Patented June 5, 1917.

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GEORGE E. BATEMAN, 0F ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.

REGISTERING-LOCK FOR VALVES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented June 5, 1917.

Application filed May 22, 1916. Serial No. 99,042.

To all whom it'may concern Be it known that I, Gnonen E. BATEMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alameda, in the county of Alameda and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering-Locks for Valves, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a registering lock to be applied to a fluid controlling valve or faucet, and is particularly adapted for use upon the draw-01f faucets of gasolene tank-wagons, although it may also be used upon any faucet or valve where the employment of such a device is desirable.

The object of the invention is to provide means for registering the number of times the valve is opened and closed, and to prevent the operation of the valve by unauthorized persons. The device is thus peculiarly suited for attachment to the faucets of gasolene tank-wagons, from which the gasolene is drawn off into measuring buckets. When employed in this manner, the device registers automatically the number of buckets drawn, and prevents the opening of the faucet when 110- bucket is in place. It is to be understood, however, that the invention is not limited to this use.

In order to comprehend the invention, reference should be had'to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a part sectional side elevation of my device as applied to a faucet, taken in the direction of the arrows on the line 1-1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the device, Certain parts being broken away for the sake of clearness.

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic elevation, reduced in size, showing the relation of the device to a faucet and to a bucket of the type ordinarily used for drawing 'olf gasolene and other fuels from tank-wagons.

Fig. 4 is a partial end elevation, reduced in size, showing the shape of the key and key way.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 1 designates the body portion of a faucet, here shown as of the type commonly employed on tank-wagons, having a rotatable valve member 2 fitting within the usual ground tapered seat, and provided with a handle 3 and a stop pin 4. Such faucets are commonly formed with a forwardly projecting lug 5, adapted to support the hail of a bucket, and upon the sides of this lug 5 I mount a pair of forwardly projecting angle members 6. Above said angle members 6, and spaced therefrom, are a pair of parallel members 7, preferably of channel section, which form guides for the key 8 carried by the bail 9 of the bucket 10. Said bail, which is attached to the bucket 10 in place of the usual bail or handle, supports said bucket by resting upon the angle members 6, the key portion .8 being of T-section to enter between the channel guide members 7.

A fixed bracket 11 extends upwardly from the nose of the faucet 1, and supports, by means of a link 12, a pivotally mounted lever 13, the lower end 14 of which is preferably bifurcated, as shown in Fig. 2, one arm operating within each of the channel members 7 in a position to be engaged by the laterally projecting portion 8 of the key 8.

The upper end of said lever 13 is pivotally connected to a locking pin or bolt 15, having a sliding bearing in the upper end of the bracket 11 and projecting through the upper flange portion-2 of the valve seat into a socket 16 in the valve member 2. A spring 17 normally retains said bolt 15 in engage- .ment with said valve member 2, to lock the same against movement.

Projecting forwardly from the lever 13 is a hook or latch 18, preferably the full width of the housing, and adapted to drop in front of the key 8 when the lower ends 14 of the lever 13 are moved rearwardly.

A link 19 and a lever 20 connect the bolt 15 with a suitable registering mechanism 21, here shown as of a well known type having apertures 22 in its upper face for exposing a series of numbers. By this connection, the mechanism 21 registers each complete movement of the bolt 15. A case or housing 23 incloses the entire device with the exception of the registering mechanism, the forward plate 24 of said housing having an aperture 25 to admit the key 8.

The bolt 15, as before stated, is normally retained by the spring 17 in position to lock the valve member 2 to prevent the same from being opened.- When it is desired to open the faucet, the bail 9 of the bucket 10 is placed on the forwardly projecting ends 6 of the angle members 6, and forced rearward, the key 8 entering the key-way 25 and engaging the arms 1 1 of the lever 13. Further movement of the bail 9 moves said lever, and by so doing withdraws the bolt 15 to release the valve 2, and at the same time drops the latch 18 in front of the key S.

The bucket 10 is now supported by the bail 9 in a position to receive the liquid from the faucet, as shown in Fig. 3, and the valve 2 can be opened. As long as said valve is open, the bolt 15 is held in its outward position by the abutment of its end against the surface of said valve, and the latch 18 is thereby retained in front of the key 8 on the bail 9, to prevent the removal of the bucket. WVhen the valve is again closed, the bucket may be removed, the locking mechanism returning to normal position, and the registering mechanism registering the operation of said locking mechanism. Thus the valve is locked against movement except when a bucket having the key-bail is in place beneath the spout of the faucet; the bucket is locked against removal while the valve is open; and each complete operation of the locking mech anism is registered by the registering mechanism.

I am aware that many changes may be made in my device as herein described without affecting the principles of the invention, and I therefore do not wish to be understood as limiting myself in this regard, but on the contrary, I wish to be construed as claiming the invention as broadly as the art will permit.

It is also to be noted that the device may be used without the registering mechanism, its functions in that case being simply to lock the valve against opening except when a bucket having the key-bail is in position beneath the spout of the faucet, and to pre vent the removal of said bucket except when the valve is closed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. In combination with a fluid controlling valve, locking means for preventing the operation of the same, a key for operating said locking means, and mechanism associated with said locking means and actuated thereby for registering each operation thereof.

2-. In combination with a fluid controlling valve having a movable member, means for locking said member to prevent movement thereof, a key for operating said locking means, and mechanism associated with said locking means and actuated thereby for registering each operation of the movable valve member.

In combination with a faucet having means for supporting a receptacle to be filled therefrom, means for preventing the operation of said faucet when no receptacle is associated therewith, and mechanism associated with said means and operated thereby for registering each operation of said faucet.

1-. In combination with a faucet having means for supporting a receptacle to be filled. therefrom, locking means for normally preventing the operation of said faucet, means associated with said receptacle for actuating said locking means to permit the operation of the faucet, and mechanism for registering each operation of said locking means.

5. In combination with a faucet having means for supporting a receptacle to be filled therefrom. locking means for normally preventing the ope 'ation of said faucet, means associated with said receptacle for actuating said locking means to permit the operation of the faucet, and mechanism associated with said locking means and operated thereby for registering each operation of said faucet.

6. In combination with a faucet having means for supporting a receptacle by means of a bail attached thereto, locking means for normally preventing the operation of said faucet, devices carried by the bail of said receptacle for actuatin said locking means to permit the operation of the faucet, and mechanism associated with said locking means and operated thereby for registering each operation of said faucet.

7. In combination with a faucet having means for supporting a receptacle to be filled therefrom, locking means for normally preventing the opening of said faucet, means carried by said receptacle for actuating said locking means to permit the opening of the faucet, devices associated with said locking means for preventing the removal of said receptacle when said faucet is open, and mechanism for registering each operation of said locking means.

8. In combination with a faucet having a movable valve member and means for supporting a receptacle, a locking pin adapted to engage said movable valve member, means carried by said receptacle for withdrawing said pin to permit movement of said valve member, and mechanism associated with said pin for registering each withdrawal thereof.

9. In combination with a faucet having a movable valve member and means for supporting a receptacle by means of a bail attached thereto, a locking pin adapted to normally engage said movable valve member to prevent the opening of the faucet, means carried by the bail of said receptacle for engaging and withdrawing said locking pin to permit the opening of the faucet, devices associated with said locking pin for engaging said bail to prevent the removal. of the receptacle when said locking pin is withdrawn, and mechanism associated with said actuated by said devices for registering each 10 locking pin and actuated thereby to register operation thereof. each operation of the faucet. In testimony whereof I have signed my 10. In combination With a faucet having name to this specification in the presence of 5 means for supporting a receptacle to be tWo subscribing Witnesses.

filled therefrom, devices controlled by the GEORGE E. BATEMAN. position of said receptacle for preventing the Witnesses:

operation of said faucet When said receptacle HARRY A. TOTTEN,

is not associated therewith, and mechanism D. B. RICHARDS.

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